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Hadrian: Art, Politics and Economy presents new research by leading scholars on one of the most important Roman Emperors, covering a wide range of aspects of Hadrian's life and reign, including recent finds and their subsequent history and reception.

The papers collected here comment on a variety of topics including architecture, sculpture and numismatics concerning the Roman Empire as a whole, from Britain and Spain in the West to Turkey and Georgia in the East.

This book is a publication of the proceedings of the 2009 conference relating to the 2008 British Museum exhibition, Hadrian: Empire and Conflict.

Editor

Thorsten Opper is a curator of Greek and Roman sculpture at the British Museum and the author of Hadrian: Empire and Conflict.

Product Code: CMC0861591756

DESIGNER/ARTIST: Hadrian: Art, Politics and Economy

NUMBER OF PAGES: 260 pages

FORMAT: Paperback (Perfect bound, gloss laminated cover)

Dimension: A4

SUBTITLE: British Museum Research Publication No. 175

Illustrations: 100 colour and 100 greyscale illustrations

Subject: Research & Scholarly

Weight: 0.65 Kg

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A collection of research into the Roman Emperor Hadrian.

Hadrian: Art, Politics and Economy presents new research by leading scholars on one of the most important Roman Emperors, covering a wide range of aspects of Hadrian's life and reign, including recent finds and their subsequent history and reception.

The papers collected here comment on a variety of topics including architecture, sculpture and numismatics concerning the Roman Empire as a whole, from Britain and Spain in the West to Turkey and Georgia in the East.

This book is a publication of the proceedings of the 2009 conference relating to the 2008 British Museum exhibition, Hadrian: Empire and Conflict.

Editor

Thorsten Opper is a curator of Greek and Roman sculpture at the British Museum and the author of Hadrian: Empire and Conflict.